Dogs Good With Kids

Many people have asked “Are specific breeds of dogs good with children?” I have often heard that regardless of breed most dogs raised with children and with proper puppy training can learn to be a wonderful childhood companion. However, that being said, some dog breeds are better with children then others
Dog Scoring System:
1.Energy Level (excitability) – You don’t want a dog that is too excitable and knocks down your child.
 2.Size - Small dogs may be too fragile while a large breed of dog may not know it’s own strength/size and injure a child.
 3.Temperament - You don’t want your dog to be the dominant member of the family.
 4.Intelligence (trainability) - Highly trainable is ideal.
 5.Intangibles - Any special trait that either helps or hurts the dogs desirability.

Choosing The Breeds:
You may be wondering how I chose this wonderful list of 10 dog breeds who are good with children. Well my first step was to research the many sites on the internet that already have lists of dogs who are good with children. Of course depending on which site you visit there is a lot of variation. I took all the breeds and narrowed it down to 50 by eliminating several hybrid breeds like Labradoodle and Goldendoodle. Next, I took out any dog that wasn’t in the AKC’s top 100 list (just a way to narrow the list so I wouldn’t have as many dogs to evaluate – also it’s more difficult to find information on the more rare breeds). That left me with 38 candidates and with those 38 remaining breeds I made my own subjective scores using the following information.

Dogs Good With Kids

Number 10 – Bulldog

The Bulldog is the first dog on our list coming in at number 10. The positives I saw in the Bulldog were it’s lower energy and sturdy size. Sturdy size is nice with kids who can often be a little rough when learning to interact with a dog. Some of the negatives with this dog were their trainability and common health issues with the breed.